Burmese Tribal Silver Beads

Tiny bullseye beads coil up like a silver snail that has lost its shell.

This tribal silver beads is by Hill Tribe, from Laos, Thailand, Burma, and dates to the early 20th century. The hill peoples of Laos, Thailand and Burma, among them the Karen and Akha, have long made and worn silver ornaments as wealth and adornment. Many small, rounded silver beads are strung close together and wound into a flat spiral. Each bead is stamped with concentric rings, and the grey surfaces show a gentle tarnish and slight variations in size.

Hundreds of small targets, and not one of them missed.